#sailing #offgrid #livingfree
Here we are living on the hard in Dakar Senegal. Me and my boat Galopin. In this case the hard or boat yard is the beach. Which is just in front of CVD, Club de Voile Dakar, the yacht club. I'm hosted by Arona who is the techn...
Will it ever go it?
If we are ever going to move our boat again, we need to get our engine up and running. The trip north really did a number on her and we are now ready to put everything back in working order. But that doesn’t always prove to be as ea...
#sailing #offgrid #livingfree
Adele and I sail through traffic on our approach into Dakar. The girl gets off Galopin and we say good bye. She was great to have aboard. And the boat goes up on the beach. I'll be living up there for a few days. It's kinda of...
#sailing #offgrid #livingfree
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More Boat Projects!
We have final made it to our new home in Virginia and boy was that shakedown cruise a doozy. We have discovered a whole “boat” load of new boat projects to do. But as they say, your project list never ends.
To list off a few ite...
#sailing #hitchhiker #livingfree
Boat hitchhikers. Ever been approached by any? Ever consider taking one or more on your travels? Ever have one aboard? Who are they really? They seem cool, but are they? It’s really big and wide out here. And no one can h...
Is this the end of our journey?
What a change in scenery we had this week. Going from the tranquil grasses and trees to a full-on industrial landscape, what a shock to the senses.
We had to deal with major shipping lanes, movable bridges on schedules,...
#sailing #offgrid #hitchhiking
I was going to solo sail the four day journey to the West Coast of the African continent when I met Adele. Adele is a boat hitchhiker. So me & Adele go East to Dakar Senegal. Weather conditions are fair except the wind is...
#sailing #offgrid #livingfree
There's always something to fix when living on a sailboat. And when it's your dinghy engine which you need to go to shore, it's an important fix. And we manage when we find help. Good help. Because it's time to sail to Dakar S...
Find out why we are measuring the carbon fiber mast on our sailboat, and take a close look inside our new neighbors ship, what we found was really interesting!
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